Community Profiles: Web Technology
Alessandra Gonzalez on Working as a Library Communications Manager
“The degree helped, but everything outside of it just put me onto another level – all the experience, all the people I connected with, the opportunities that came from joining clubs and working is unreal. I honestly don’t think I’d have all the opportunities I have right now if I didn’t get involved or put myself out there.”
Alessandra Gonzalez, MLIS ‘21
Anaheim, CA
Empowering Communities through Digital Library Services with Kristen Chua
“A lot of my projects involve thinking about how systems and technologies can be designed or improved to better connect people to the information they need. The Informatics program has made me a better analyst, information professional, and researcher through courses focusing on human-centered design, data management, project management, and computer networking. These classes have helped me think about what solutions are not only helpful but also possible.”
Kristen Chua
MS in Informatics, ‘23 Spring
Bethany Winslow Welcomes the SJSU Community into the Virtual World
“We have to stop thinking in analog. The virtual world has been around for 16 years now. It’s time to join in!”
Bethany Winslow, M.S.Ed.
Instructional Designer, San José State University
Community Virtual Library Hypergrid Resources Project Head
San José, CA
INFO 298 Student Helps Improve iSchool Support Services
“I have found librarianship to be a vocation for me. I was called to this work.”
Jessica Walker
MLIS (degree expected Spring 2020)
Children’s Services Aide, Oakland Public Library
Oakland, California
Metadata Librarian Stays Current With Post-Master’s Certificate in Web Programming
“As a metadata librarian, I like to work on projects that will be beneficial to my institution, but also in areas where I see a need. I like to collaborate with others and stay up-to-date on what is new in the field. It is so important to keep yourself connected with the professional community.”
Marina Morgan, Metadata Librarian
Florida Southern College
Lakeland, FL
iSchool Experiences Help Another MLIS Alumna find Dream Job
“Perhaps the most significant lesson I learned was that being my authentic self is the most important aspect of professional growth and development.”
Jessica Gilbert Redman
MLIS Graduate 2016
Grand Forks, ND
MLIS Graduate Finds Success Through a Network Cultivated at the iSchool
“There was such a large selection of courses available, and I would have taken more classes if I could have, for sure. I remember graduating and thinking, ‘Man, there are still so many classes I wish I could take.”
Laurentia “Lauren” Romaniuk
2014 MLIS Graduate
San Francisco, CA
iSchool Alumna Champions Information Accessibility in her Life and Career
“While I didn’t know everything, I was comforted by absolute theories, facts, laws: things that may or may not be refuted at a later time as it is with all types of information and content.”
Tess (Teresita) McCarthy
MLIS Graduate 2012
San Francisco, CA
Santa Clara County Deputy Librarian and iSchool Alumnus Reflects on His Time at SJSU
“I received all these tools in the program, but I also received an introduction to what kind of caliber your work has to achieve in the field.”
Christopher Brown
MLIS Graduate 2010
Santa Clara, California
Scott Brown on Being a Cybrarian
San José State University School of Information alumnus turned instructor Scott Brown on being a cybrarian. From humble beginnings as a page in the Santa Cruz, California, public library, iSchool alumnus and instructor Scott Brown has come a long way in his career.
Talking TechSoup for Libraries with Alumna Ginny Mies
“I love doing the research and finding librarians who have done a really amazing project… I love finding them, giving them the platform to tell their story, supplementing libraries with all of the resources we can, and allowing other libraries to find their story and get help for themselves.”
Ginny Mies
San Francisco, California
iSchool Alumna (MLIS, 2013)
Alumna Brighid Gonzales Garners National Award for Research Paper on Linked Data
Alumna Brighid Gonzales followed up her San José State University School of Information graduation in May 2014 by receiving an award for outstanding student writing at the annual conference of the American Library Association (ALA) in June.